Grades 6th-8th
is a four week curriculum that encourages parents to learn new strategies to support their child’s education. The interactive lessons focus on learning mindsets, family communication, and ways parents can support their child’s development of non-cognitive skills.
Growth Mindset
Training or Direct Services
What Your Staff Gets Tools: Every training participant will receive: Easy-to-use lesson plans Handouts (available in English and Spanish) Templates including sign-in sheets, flyers, etc.
A two-day training is provided to school and agency staff to strengthen family engagement strategies, workshop facilitation skills and support a college going culture.
Training:
Direct Services: Families In Schools has highly trained facilitators that can conduct five family workshops at your site.
213.201.3900 | familiesinschools.org | training@familiesinschools.org
Testimonial
Topics Covered
“[My daughter is] in 9th grade and she changed her attitude from ‘I can’t do it’ to ‘I will try it and you’re here to help me.’ And so she has greater expectations and much more information...Her grades went from D’s and F’s to A’s and B’s. So there was a huge change. Changes for me as a mother and her as a student.” - Parent
Defining a Growth Mindset
Differentiating Mindsets Growth Mindset Scenarios The Benefits of Having a Growth Mindset Parent and Student Communication
Learning from challenges Mindset Assessment Assessing your communication Improving Communication and Role-Playing Learning from mistakes Modeling a Growth Mindset Strategies for Success
Why was I successful?The impact of words Non-cognitive strategies Growth Mindset in Action Communication tracker
Impact
100% of participating parents felt like the program
91%
78% of participating parents said they after the
helped them learn new strategies to support
of parents and students
workshop are more
the academic success
agreed that this program
involved in school
of their child
gave them new
events, attending
information and ideas
meetings as a volunteer
213.201.3900 | familiesinschools.org | training@familiesinschools.org